“Brookline”
"Brookline" was created March - November 2008 It is
based on a
paper sketch 5-21-07, which I drew while waiting in front
of Hartje
Gallery in Brookline (Boston)
Print: Piezo-Print on Somerset Velvet Size: Paper: 56x76 cm, Picture: 44x66 cm Copies: 25, numbered and signed, and 5 artist's copies (I-V) Price: 475.‒ Euros Artist: Björn Dämpfling
In my view “Brookline” must be called expressive, even “explosive”
so to speak. But the longer one looks at it, two other aspects become
important, which are, at first sight, pushed back by the dominance of
color, which is supported by the fact that many lines from the basic
line sketch became just edges of color shapes. But even in this
reduced appearance, the line structure, its strict composition as the
backbone of this image, presents more and more a massive
counterweight for the “detonating” colors. A second aspect the image
develops the longer it is viewed is a certain enigmatic narrative,
calming down the appearance like freezing a motion, like a freeze
frame in a way. Now the onlooker may start the film again and see.